I Telman nwè ki i blé (Si noir que cela en devient bleu)

Palais de Tokyo, 13 Avenue du Président Wilson

Valerie John offers an exploration of indigo blue as material, memory and gesture. From Martinique to West Africa, her work weaves identities and narratives in assemblages seen as sensitive traces of the past The solo exhibition “I telman nwè ki i blé (Si noir que cela en devient bleu)” presents Valérie John’s creation since the 1990s and her return to Martinique, where she chooses to establish her “atelier-oeuvre.” This act is then a commitment to “creating work” in immersion within her milieu and engaging with the translocal memory of the place, in…